Jefferson, Thomas, School

NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 expiration date 03/31/2022 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in National Register Bulletin, How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. 1. Name of Property DRAFT Historic name: __Jefferson, Thomas, School____________________________________ Other names/site number: ______________________________________ Name of related multiple property listing: __N/A____________________________ (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing ____________________________________________________________________________ 2. Location Street & number: __1619 N Street___________________________________________ City or town: _Sacramento_______ State: _California______ County: _Sacramento_____ Not For Publication: Vicinity: ____________________________________________________________________________ 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this nomination ___ request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property ___ meets ___ does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant at the following level(s) of significance: ___national ___statewide ___local Applicable National Register Criteria: ___A ___B ___C ___D Signature of certifying official/Title: Date ______________________________________________ State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria. Signature of commenting official: Date Title : State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government 1 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Jefferson, Thomas, School Sacramento, California Name of Property County and State ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. National Park Service Certification I hereby certify that this property is: entered in the National Register determined eligible for the National Register determined not eligible for the National Register removed from the National Register other (explain:) _____________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Signature of the Keeper Date of Action ____________________________________________________________________________ 5. Classification Ownership of Property (Check as many boxes as apply.) Private: Public – Local X Public – State Public – Federal Category of Property (Check only one box.) Building(s) X District Site Structure Object Sections 1-6 page 2 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Jefferson, Thomas, School Sacramento, California Name of Property County and State Number of Resources within Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count) Contributing Noncontributing ______1______ _____________ buildings _____________ _____________ sites _____________ _____________ structures _____________ _____________ objects ______1______ ______0_______ Total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register ____0____ ____________________________________________________________________________ 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) EDUCATION: school_ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) VACANT/NOT IN USE ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ Sections 1-6 page 3 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Jefferson, Thomas, School Sacramento, California Name of Property County and State _____________________________________________________________________________ 7. Description Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions.) LATE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY REVIVALS: ___Tudor Revival____ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ Materials: (enter categories from instructions.) Principal exterior materials of the property: _concrete, brick, stucco___________________ Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current physical appearance and condition of the property. Describe contributing and noncontributing resources if applicable. Begin with a summary paragraph that briefly describes the general characteristics of the property, such as its location, type, style, method of construction, setting, size, and significant features. Indicate whether the property has historic integrity.) ______________________________________________________________________________ Summary Paragraph Thomas Jefferson School is located on a 1.18 acre parcel one block east of Capitol Park in Sacramento’s Midtown neighborhood at the transition between large government and commercial buildings to the north and west and single- and multi-family residential to the southeast. The 1921-1922 building is an architecturally significant example of a Tudor Revival school designed under the aegis of the Sacramento School District’s Architectural and Engineering Commission, formed in 1920. The main H-plan two-story building is brick construction with concrete framing and foundation and clay tile roof. Single-story rear additions are board-form concrete. The building has 20,250 square feet of interior space. Tudor Revival architecture is expressed through its steeply pitched roof forms, combination of brick and stucco cladding, decorative chimneys, and a highly ornamental entry volume featuring terracotta quoins and sundial. Its clay tile roof and large multiple-light windows are features common to the schools produced by the Sacramento School District’s 1920s construction program. The school building retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association. Section 7 page 4 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Jefferson, Thomas, School Sacramento, California Name of Property County and State ______________________________________________________________________________ Narrative Description The school site occupies a half-block bounded by 16th, N, and 17th Streets and Matsui Alley. The H-shaped two-story main building is set back from the north side of N Street near the center of the parcel, with landscaped areas in front of the building and in the courtyard formed by the wings. There is a paved concrete sidewalk leading to a set of brick steps and ramp to the courtyard, which is enclosed by a low brick wall topped with wrought iron fencing. The flagpole west of this walk has a metal base with the year of construction in relief Roman numerals. The courtyard is divided by orthogonal paved pathways. The smaller rear courtyard has mostly been infilled with a two-story and a single-story flat-roofed addition as well as the original single- story boiler room volume. There is a single-story addition at the northeast corner of the building, and the east and west ends of the parcel are devoted to parking. The H-plan section of the building is two stories with a steeply pitched cross-gabled roof that is clay tile with minimal eaves. The second floor is clad in smooth stucco, with brick laid in Flemish bond on the ground floor. Fenestration consists of tall openings fitted with eighteen- or twelve-light wood awning windows and shorter rectangular openings with six-over-six windows; the building also features multiple-light wood windows in several other configurations. The main entrance is centered in a slightly-projecting volume in the main (south) courtyard. It has a steeply pitched clay tile roof, brick in Flemish bond, and decorative window openings at its sides. A sundial above the door, brackets at the eaves, and decorative quoins around the rectangular doorway are all executed in terra cotta. The recessed double door within is fully glazed multiple- light wood with a matching transom. A secondary entrance leading from the courtyard into the east wing has a metal mansard awning and is fitted with a partially glazed wood door. Massing of projecting wings is identical, with different architectural details creating architectural interest with a hint of asymmetry. The west wing has an arched window at the main (south) façade gable end with two rectangular six-over-six windows on the second floor and no ground- floor fenestration. The east wing has a decorative chimney with chimney

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